FBI Reportedly Changes Domestic Terror Staff as Trump Blasts Tesla Violence
The FBI has cut staffing in an office that focused on domestic terrorism and stopped using a tool to track those investigations, Reuters reported, citing sources familiar with the issue. Why It Matters The FBI ramped up spending in recent years, tripling the number of domestic terror investigations over just a few years. Around 70 […]
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Columbia University Caves to Trump; Pro-Palestinian Students Fume
By Anna Commander is a Newsweek Editor and writer based in Florida. Her focus is reporting on crime, weather and breaking news. She has covered weather, and major breaking news events in South Florida. Anna joined Newsweek in 2022 from The National Desk in Washington, D.C. and had previously worked at CBS12 News in West […]
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Judge Boasberg’s Home Comes Under Scrutiny After Trump Attacks
Trump supporters are querying the value of a federal judge’s home after he demanded answers about potentially illegal deportations to El Salvador. Why It Matters The standoff between the Trump administration and Washington D.C. federal judge James Boasberg has become extremely tense after Trump called for his impeachment. The case raises issues about the impartiality […]
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Mark Carney Issues Canada Ultimatum to Donald Trump
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has said the country will negotiate with U.S. President Donald Trump over his tariff plans once Canada is “shown respect” as a sovereign nation. Newsweek has contacted the White House for comment via email. Why It Matters Trump has risked a major diplomatic crisis with the U.S.’s northern neighbor over […]
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Trump Is Trampling the Constitution With Bogus Emergencies | Opinion
Americans should beware of emergencies—real and imagined. All the famous dictators accumulated their power during so-called “emergencies.” So far, President Donald Trump has invented a bunch of bogus ones and Congress almost opened the door to a real one when Democrats contemplated allowing a government shutdown last week. Here we have a president trying to […]
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Putin Allies Woo Trump with Rare Earth Mineral Deposits
Russian billionaire Vladimir Potanin has said he is wants to ramp up exploration of rare earth reserves in Russia and Russian-occupied Ukraine, hinting that “foreign partners” may be brought into the fold amid the Trump-drive thaw. Potanin, who owns the metallurgical giant Norilsk Nickel (Nornickel) and like most oligarchs in Russia, has close links with […]
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JFK Files Released by Trump Administration: Read New Documents
The Trump administration released the remaining files related to the assassination of former President John F. Kennedy Jr. on Tuesday. The Context President Donald Trump has long pledged to declassify the remaining JFK files, which refers to a trove of thousands of government documents related to Kennedy’s assassination in Dallas, Texas, on November 22, 1963. […]
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Joe Exotic Asks Trump for Pardon, Says Mexican Partner Will Deport Himself
“Tiger King” star Joe Exotic, also known as Joe Maldonado-Passage, has said that he and his partner, Jorge Marquez, will go to Mexico if he is pardoned by President Donald Trump. Newsweek has reached out to a representative for Joe Exotic outside of regular working hours via email for comment. Why It Matters Exotic shot […]
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Trump Gives Update on Upcoming Call With Putin
President Donald Trump announced plans to speak with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday, adding that many aspects of a “Final Agreement” between Russia and Ukraine have been agreed upon, “but much remains.” Newsweek reached out to the State Department via email for comment Monday night. Why It Matters Since taking office, Trump has initiated […]
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Donald Trump Revokes Hunter Biden’s Secret Service: ‘Effective Immediately’
By Gabe Whisnant is a Breaking News Editor at Newsweek based in North Carolina. Prior to joining Newsweek in 2023, he directed daily publications in North and South Carolina. As an executive editor, Gabe led award-winning coverage of Charleston church shooter Dylan Roof’s capture in 2015, along with coverage of the Alex Murdaugh double murder […]
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